Coach Hunsberger says: "We lost a tremendous amount from last year's team. We not only lost our No.1 and 2 to graduation, we lost our returning No.3 (Lauren Waltman) to a move to Colorado ... We start the season with the outlook of just getting better each practice, the rest will come. We have a solid nucleus in which to work with along with some new faces that should make our top seven pretty competitive ... Doing well in the NECC is first on the list and then moving on in the State series. We have been in the Regional the last three years so that is an important part of our season. The girls have done well in the invites over the past 3 years, so those are smaller goals we like to work towards. One thing we have had in the past is depth, that will hopefully develop as the season progresses."

Coach Young says: "I'm excited about beginning my second season here at Goshen and am ready to see the results of all the hard work we put in and will be doing all season ... Our team returns out top seven which finished third in conference last season."

Coach Linville says: "It is hard to lose an athlete like Sara DeShone (entering freshman year at Ferris State on a basketball scholarship), but most of the team is back, including numbers 2 through 6. Emma (Stahl) and Justice (Newland) should battle for the top spot, but Kayla Garrett has really looked strong in practice."

Coach Homo says: "This is one of the nicest teams I have ever coached. We have talked about mental toughness and some of the girls are willing to go above and beyond in terms of the mileage they are running ... I expect this attitude to permeate the entire team because the ladies encourage one another and refuse to let outside influences diminish their focus during practice ... We are very young, so it will be interesting to see how this group looks toward the end of the season. We have so much to learn ... I also have a soccer player who is doubling in cross country as well ... We have talent but we are not very experienced. In terms of numbers, this is one the biggest girls teams I have ever coached at EMHS."

Coach McClane says: "We're pretty exciting. Skylair Hilton (who was hurt during the 2009 track season) has more training than she had last year. It hurt us for awhile not having that frontrunner ... We have a pretty balanced team. We have more depth than we've had in awhile. We have some pretty good newcomers. We picked up some track girls, which is a nice addition to the team."